Photoplay Awards Go To Crosby Garson in Hollywood Annual
Photoplay magazine names Bing Crosby and Greer Garson as the top Hollywood stars in a three period 1944 poll. Paramount wins production honors for Going My Way with Van Johnson and Jennifer Jones gaining public favor. Alan Ladd surprises as a singing performer in a hospital tour.
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Pleasant Evening At Coe with Four One-Act Plays
Coe theater offered a curtain-raiser and three substantive one act plays on Thursday night. Overtones contrasts refined manners with inner jealousy as Harriet and Margaret reveal their true selves. The Happy Journey follows a 1920 New England family visiting a daughter recovering from a miscarriage. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals provides an excellent climactic piece.
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Astonishingly well staged London cast in The Pot Boiler
Barrie style scenes reveal Mrs. Dewey's pretense as she imagines a son. Nancy Allen as Mrs Dowey and Forrest Hinkhouse as Kenneth Dowey deliver crusty performances. Doris Glantz Ruthanne Herrald and Katherine Safely provide solid support. C Eugene Osborne stands out as author director preserving lines.
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C. Eugene Osborne
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Mitsubishi Factory Targeted in Nagoya Raid
The 20th Air Force announced that Super fortresses attacked the Mitsubishi aircraft factory in Nagoya. The daylight mission went as planned under overcast skies with unobserved results. fighter opposition was moderate and anti-aircraft fire was meager. No bombers were lost.
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Painless Trachoma Cure Tested by Indian Service
Washington AP reports that sulfanilamide treatment, tested by United States Indian Service physicians, offers a new and relatively painless cure for trachoma among American military personnel overseas. The procedure replacing painful eyelid scraping aims to reduce blindness risk.
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Secretary of the Interior
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Weekend Film Schedule Broadcast by Local Theaters
Friday listings show Paramount Here Come the Waves and short subjects with showings at 1 3 10 a.m. to night. Iowa features Objective Burma Minstrel Man and Laura at multiple times. Palace presents In the Meantime Pearling and Canterville Ghost. Rialto screens Avenging Rider U Boat Prisoner. Times includes Bathing Beauty Ladies of Washington San Diego I Love You One Mysterious Night and Marion.
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Objective Burma film review claims war proves war is hell
A film about American paratroopers destroying a Japanese radar station in Burma is praised for grim realism and strong direction. Errol Flynn leads as the captain with William Prince James Brown George Tobias and Henry Hull in supporting roles. Co feature Minstrel Man with Benny Fields is noted for its songs and Subotnik.
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Going My Way Tops in Public Gallup Poll of 1944
Hollywood polls show Going My Way as the nation’s favorite 1944 film with Bing Crosby named the most popular actor and Greer Garson the top actress. Runners up include The Story of Dr Wassell and A Guy Named Joe. Van Johnson and Jennifer Jones rose most in public favor.
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Photoplay Magazine
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Greer Garson
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Army plans quicker casualty notices to home towns
The War Department will now supply casualty names to hometown papers soon after kin receive word of a soldier’s death, injury, prisoner status, or missing. Previously lists arrived eight to nine weeks or longer after notification, causing confusion and possible double reporting. A photographic process will reproduce casualty lists directly from telegram carbon copies sent to relatives.
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Venezuela Declares State of War with Germany and Japan
The government announced that Venezuela recognizes a state of war with Germany and Japan, with Caracas stating the move came amid allied support and international tension.
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Venezuela
Germany
Japan
Broadway gossip and wartime quips mix with theater notes
A collage of wartime banter and show business vignettes from Broadway and Manila. Roosevelts Churchill and Stalins banter sits with a Georgia sergeants Manila push, theatre gossip about Ethel Barrymore, and editorials on misprints and pontificating critics. The pieces weave celebrity, politics, and punchlines into a single column snapshot.
Fighting Lady and Laura Review at State Theater
The Fighting Lady extends a second week at the State theater offering a navy documentary on an aircraft carrier. Laura, after Summer Storm, unfolds as a measured psycho dramatic tale of love and manipulation featuring Gene Tierney and Clifton Webb with Webb's suave columnist persona driving the plot.
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Dean Andrews
Clifton Webb
Vincent Price
Judith Anderson
Fighting Lady
State Theater
Detective Andrews pursues Laura's death in mist of rumors
Andrews, a detective, works to solve Laura’s death while falling for her as he believes she is elsewhere. He discovers she lives, undermining Clifton Webb’s hopes. Laura’s maid hides evidence and warns reporters not to sensationalize the story.
Restore Commercial Links with Baltics
The Treasury Department lifted its ban on commercial and business communications with Finland, Poland, and other Baltic areas freed from German control. Licenses remain required for communications containing instructions or authorizations for financial or property transactions, and postal service to the liberated areas was restored.
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